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The Secret History of a Space Mission

AWESOME ASTRONOMY by Awesome Astronomy

Jun 19, 202601:10:16Science & Medicine

The idea that sparked a billion-dollar space telescope was recorded in the most unlikely of places: a scrap of paper fished out a pocket while gondolas sailed by in Venice. In this talk, award-winning astrophysicist and...

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The Secret History of a Space Mission is an episode from AWESOME ASTRONOMY by Awesome Astronomy. The idea that sparked a billion-dollar space telescope was recorded in the most unlikely of places: a scrap of paper fished out a pocket while...

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Published Jun 19, 2026, 01:10:16 long, audio available.

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